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<tr><th>Bit</th><th>Server table placed above the bar</th></tr>
<tr><th>Bit</th><th>Server table placed above the bar</th></tr>
<tr><td><code>X'00004000'</code></td><td>NTBL</td></tr>
<tr><td><code>X'02000000'</code></td><td>FTBL</td></tr>
<tr><td><code>X'00002000'</code></td><td>QTBL</td></tr>
<tr><td><code>X'00800000'</code></td><td>GTBL &mdash; requires version 7.5 or later of <var class="product">Model 204</var>.
<tr><td><code>X'00004000'</code></td><td>NTBL &mdash; requires version 7.5 or later of <var class="product">Model 204</var>.
<tr><td><code>X'00002000'</code></td><td>QTBL &mdash; requires version 7.5 or later of <var class="product">Model 204</var>.
<tr><td><code>X'01000000'</code></td><td>XTBL &mdash; requires version 7.6 or later of <var class="product">Model 204</var>.
<tr><td><code>X'00400000'</code></td><td>ITBL &mdash; requires version 7.6 or later of <var class="product">Model 204</var>.
<tr><td><code>X'00100000'</code></td><td>FSCB &mdash; requires version 7.6 or later of <var class="product">Model 204</var>.
<tr><td><code>X'00080000'</code></td><td>STBL &mdash; requires version 7.6 or later of <var class="product">Model 204</var>.
<tr><td><code>X'00040000'</code></td><td>VTBL &mdash; requires version 7.6 or later of <var class="product">Model 204</var>.
<tr><td><code>X'00020000'</code></td><td>TTBL &mdash; requires version 7.6 or later of <var class="product">Model 204</var>.
<tr><td><code>X'00010000'</code></td><td>HTBFRS &mdash; requires version 7.6 or later of <var class="product">Model 204</var>.
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<var>[[SERVGSZ parameter|SERVGSZ]]</var> is the amount of space in bytes required for the swappable above-the-bar server tables per server. The total amount of storage allocated for swappable above-the-bar server areas equals <var>SERVGSZ</var> rounded to 4K and multiplied by [[NSERVS parameter|NSERVS]].
<var>[[SERVGSZ parameter|SERVGSZ]]</var> is the amount of space in bytes required for the swappable above-the-bar server tables per server. The total amount of storage allocated for swappable above-the-bar server areas equals <var>SERVGSZ</var> rounded to 4K and multiplied by [[NSERVS parameter|NSERVS]].
When sizing <var>SERVGSZ</var>, it should accomodate the largest swappable above-the-bar table sizes that might be needed.
When sizing <var>SERVGSZ</var>, it should accomodate the largest swappable above-the-bar table sizes that might be needed.


QTBL and NTBL can alternatively be placed above-the-bar in a non-swappable area. This can be indicated with the [[SERVNSA parameter|SERVNSA]] and [[SERVNSSZ parameter|SERVNSSZ]] parameters. The bits corresponding to NTBL and QTBL should not be set in both SERVNSA and SERVGA &mdash; if they are, an error message will be issued and the online will fail to come up.   
The above mentioned tables can alternatively be placed above-the-bar in a non-swappable area. This can be indicated with the [[SERVNSA parameter|SERVNSA]] and [[SERVNSSZ parameter|SERVNSSZ]] parameters. The bits corresponding to the tables should not be set in both SERVNSA and SERVGA &mdash; if they are, an error message will be issued and the online will fail to come up.   


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Revision as of 21:00, 25 November 2014

Above the bar server areas

Summary

Default value
0
Parameter type
System
Where set
On User 0's parameter line
Related products
All
Introduced
Model 204 V7.5

Description

The SERVGA parameter controls which server tables are allocated in the ATB-swappable-server area.

Each server table to be allocated in that area is controlled by a bit in SERVGA; if the bit is on, the corresponding server table is allocated in the ATB-swappable-server area.

The bits are:

BitServer table placed above the bar
X'02000000'FTBL
X'00800000'GTBL — requires version 7.5 or later of Model 204.
X'00004000'NTBL — requires version 7.5 or later of Model 204.
X'00002000'QTBL — requires version 7.5 or later of Model 204.
X'01000000'XTBL — requires version 7.6 or later of Model 204.
X'00400000'ITBL — requires version 7.6 or later of Model 204.
X'00100000'FSCB — requires version 7.6 or later of Model 204.
X'00080000'STBL — requires version 7.6 or later of Model 204.
X'00040000'VTBL — requires version 7.6 or later of Model 204.
X'00020000'TTBL — requires version 7.6 or later of Model 204.
X'00010000'HTBFRS — requires version 7.6 or later of Model 204.

SERVGSZ is the amount of space in bytes required for the swappable above-the-bar server tables per server. The total amount of storage allocated for swappable above-the-bar server areas equals SERVGSZ rounded to 4K and multiplied by NSERVS. When sizing SERVGSZ, it should accomodate the largest swappable above-the-bar table sizes that might be needed.

The above mentioned tables can alternatively be placed above-the-bar in a non-swappable area. This can be indicated with the SERVNSA and SERVNSSZ parameters. The bits corresponding to the tables should not be set in both SERVNSA and SERVGA — if they are, an error message will be issued and the online will fail to come up.

While it might seem odd to have above-the-bar swappable server areas, especially if swapping to above-the-bar memory, placing NTBL and QTBL in a swappable area can save quite a bit of real memory. This is especially true if the RESPAGE parameter is set to a non-zero value and there are significantly more users (NUSERS) than servers (NSERVS). In such a case, most swapped out users would either be using a resident (shared) NTBL and QTBL, or they would be logged out and only using a single 4K page. As such, reserving the amount of space required for NTBL and QTBL (which can typically get quite large) in the non-swappable above-the-bar area for all the swapped out users can waste a significant amount of real storage.